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Taking photos of productions - legal issues

Sun, 5 Aug 2007, 12:10 pm
STeye8 posts in thread
What's the law regarding the taking of photographs during theatre productions? Someone told me recently that it violated copyright law. I can understand how video can do that, but still photography? Why would a photo of someone standing in costume with their mouth open violate copyright law? Does anyone have a definite answer on this?

Yes, I'd forgotten that -

Sun, 5 Aug 2007, 04:37 pm
Yes, I'd forgotten that - generally speaking the copyright of any designs (costume, set, lighting, sound, etc.) remains the property to the producer/commissioning company/individual, unless otherwise worked out between all the parties. Sticky Apple Legs www.freewebs.com/stickyapplelegs Puppets in Melbourne www.thepromptcopy.com/pip

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